cant move z position

[Steve Roberts]

Did you grab the handle when a “Z” appeared? That would mean you’ve grabbed the proper Z handle.

[Picxsee]

There is no handle. The little z appears but if i drag the white cross appears over the whole layer.
I can scrub the z position back and forth under transform, and change the z position value, but the layer doesnt move.

?? Thanks 🙂

[Steve Roberts]

If you’re moving it in the front view, you won’t see any change. Have you tried dragging the Z while in a custom view?

(note that you can’t render custom views)

[Picxsee]

Thanks Steve,

No its definately not that… this is strange. I’ve used a lot of 3d in ae and have never had this problem before.
I can change the z ‘value’ but it doesnt move/effect the object at all. 3d is working properly in other comps, but not in any layers in this comp. I’ve tried copying the layers and pasting into a new comp but this problem is still there. Each layer is a solid with objects drawn in vector paint. I am wanting to arrange them in 3d space and move a camera through, but obviously cant get the z position to cooperate and therefore cant get the depth i need to fly the camera through.

The x and y handles are there, and when i hover the mouse over the object the small z appears, but no handles with it (no matter how zoomed in i go (its not just hiding).)

very odd.

??

[Picxsee]

sorry my mistake! youre right! i thought i was in active camera.
Thanks so much xx